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Washington " D C CWASHINGTON CWASHINGTON CWASHINGTON WASHINGTON - President Tru Truman Truman Truman House Housepress Housepress Housepress man hed held ] his 100th White Whtte press and rad o 0 conference recentlyHe recently recentlyHe all allThe allThe allThe enjoyed enjoycd them He said he had The reporters he said had been beenfair beenfair beenfair fair had reported the facts factsThank factsThank factsThank Thank you Mr PrcsldentHow PresidentHow President Prcsldent PresidentHow How have I been7 been ' he mighthave might mightbave mighthave bave have asked us but didn dldn t . t I . back from the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse On the way House that windy 100th day someof someof some someof of us discussedthe discussed | ' ' "j j " the question That ' ' ' . ' : - ; 1100th < 100th conference conferencewas conference(1 conference1 ' " ( 1 1was was the first since sincehis since4 , : " his Florida trip'I trip " ' 'I I ' which began beganwhen beganwhen | when the Sacred SacredCow Sacredj SacredF F Cowlnged Cow \ winged \\lnged lnged Itsway itsway its | way from the na nabonal national natirmal bonal tional airport airnort f some 30 minutes minutesafter after Mr Truman Trumanleft Trumanleft Trumanleft left the chamber chamberof chamberot chamberN 3 3of ot of the house ofrepresentativeswhere ot o1 otrepresen o1representatives N represen representatives ta tl ves vesv.here representativeswhere v.here vhere where . he had deBaukhage deBaukhage de livered Ius his ' histo- histo historiC historic - - Baukhage Baukhagelivered " ess'age111510- ess'age111510 essage111510 ess'age111510Meanwhile riC message messageMeanv.lule messageMeanwhile Meanwhile Meanv.lule Meanvlule . the new declaration dcclaratlon of ofAmcrlcan ofAmerican ofAmerican Amcrlcan American policy had wakened v.akened vakened . thou thousands thousands thousands sands and thousands of , words \ ords spa spo spaken spoken spoken ken and printed prmted in 111 every nation nahan and andin andin andin in almost every newspaper in m the theworld theworld theworld world Diplomats generals states statesmen statesmen statesmen men people big and httle lIttle had hadquaked hadquaked hadquaked quaked or exulted So we naturally naturallylooked naturallylooked naturallylooked looked tor for something 50metlung somethingery v \ \ery ery ery cry hot towrite to towrite \ write rite about as a result of our first firstWlute firstWhite firstWhite Wlute White House conference thereafter thereafterWe thereafterWe thereafterWe We dIdn didnt t get ite itAe it ittte tte \\e e Ae \ did hear former tormer Ambassadorto Ambassador to Poland Arthur BUss Bllss Bliss Lane s blast blastagamst blastagainst blastagamst agamst against Communism we found out outthat outthat outthat that the President was a II left handed handedbowler handedbowler handedbowler bowler ( he had just been present presented ed with a bowling alley ) we were wereassured wereassured wereassured assured that he was concerned about aboutrising aboutrising aboutrising rising prices we listened to him ex express express express press the hope that industry mdustry wouldsee would wouldsee wouldsee see the handwriting hand\Hltlng hand Hltlng \ on the wall walland walland walland and stop an upward spiral v . wh h ch chwould chwould chwould would bring brmg forth rencm renewed cd wage wagedemands \ wagedemands a ge gedemands demands we asked tor for but got no nocomment nocomment nocomment comment on a number of b 11s lIs ifs m rn mthe rnthe inthe the works because the Pres dent dentwon dentwont dentwon won wont t talk about pend ng leg sla slat slaton slat t onand tonand ton on -and and - and he applied the same rule ruleto ruleto ruleto to the Greek Turki Turkl h affairWe affairWe affair affairWe We also were handed a II good laugh laughout laughout laughout out of comment on the famous faux fauxpas fauxpas fauxpas pas made by Gael Sullivan deputy deputychairman deputychairman deputychairman chairman of the nahonal nanonal national Democratic Democratrc Democrat IC rc committeeh committee \ wh \\h h Ie le the President - - . - - - - . gave " "o o " . us . M _ _ < L _ _ " something which wruch wuch ) wrucheven wucheven even if ifIt It humanmterest humaninterest wasn t11 t ne\\s ne s news \ 1 had ' a strong 8 human humana mterest interest appeal Even If r1 it were only onlya a striking stnkmg slm simile e like llke the one Roose Rooseveil Roosevelt veIl velt used in connection connectlon with lend lendlease - lease leaseYou ( You may remember he said that thaiif thatif if a neighbors neighbor s house was on fire you fireyou naturally would lend him rum your youihose yourhose hose if his rus weren \ \ eren t long enough enoughnot not noonly notonly only to help him save bis his home but bualso butalso also to keep your own from catch catching catchrng rng fire And you wouldn t * demand rio , . - _ _ . , . payment firewas rewas Sriwas its use After the re Sri was out the ne DC ghbor would ghe glte back gheback glteback the hose or pay for it withwhatever with \ whatever \\hatever hatever withwhatever WIthhatever he had to offer inretur in retur returr return , ) Even the anti .ntl ntl . Roosevelt papers papersv v papersvould auld ould have to report stories hke like likethat hkethat that whether they agreed with tbe the tbeIdea theidea theidea Idea beh nd them or notAnd notAnd not notAnd And if Roosevelt hadn specific t any spe ape speclfie apecific clfie cific comment on the Important importantnews importantnew Importantne ne\\ ne nes news \ s of o1 the day he frequently would wouldmake wouldmake wouldmake make use of ot o1 a II parable or give us a ahomily ahomily chomily homily which wInch wjuch sho ved us how he hewas hewas hewas was th nkmg nking on the subject some thing that I1S ! laes ' ! over and furnish furnl < h us with the back background background background ground w " we "e e e needed to interpret the theda theda theda da ly hippenings \ppenings ppenings hppenings h hippeningsWe , \ We talked the 100th press confer conference conference conference ence over lamenting that nothlng nothing nothlnghad nothinghad nothinghad had come out of it which wruch would clar clay clarify clayify clarIfy ify the Greek Turkish aid program programWe programWe programWe We regretted that President Truman Trumanhadn Trumanhadn Trumanhadn hadn t injected a little more of him himI himself himself himself I self into mto the meeting It would havebeen have havebecn havebeen becn been to the advantage of the ne nevsfolk vs vsfolk vsfolk folk the pi piogram program ogram itself the peo peopIe peopie peopie pIe pIeho \ who \\ho ho \ were ere trl trying tr > ) mg g to get supportI supportfor supportfor support supportfor I for itOt ItOf it itOf Of Ot course there was reason for torMr l ) lMr reticence He had hadbeen I Iheen Ibeen Mr Truman s retlcencj reticencg ! heen been critic cntlc zed early catly in his fils adm ms mstrat mstrat nistrat trat on for answering answermg some questions ques questions questions tions too gl glbl bl b13 ) > He had suffered sufferedfrom sufferedfrom sufferedfrom from spontaneous repi repl es As a re result resuit resuit sult suit be he is now perhaps leaning leamng a alIttle alittle al.tllo altllo lIttle . too Inn far backwards hackwards The White House press 0 o 0conference oconference oconference It Itprovides Itprovides Itprovides conference is a great institution mstltutlon provides a mod mcd med um urn for bring brmg ng the thepeople thepeople thepeople people and their government ne nearer nearertogether nearertogether .rer rer . .rertogether together than any other med mcd urn um urnwhich umwhich umwhich which ex sts except perhaps the rar rarer rarer er fires de chat Noth ng like It itexists itexists e-osts e osts exists - anywhere else in m the "arId arId world "arIdBl worldBit , " aorldBi Bl Bit t it is not an easy thing thmg to handle handleThe handleThe handleThe The correspondents are there to get getevery getevery getevery every scintilla scmtllla of ne news . s wh ch they theythink theythink theythink think will interest mterest their readers and andlIsteners andlisteners andlisteners lIsteners The President is there toreveal to toreveal toreveal reveal only what he thinks tlunks is his hisduty hisduty hisduty duty to release in m the public good goodAnd goodAnd goodAnd And he is also a1so there to present his hissIde hisside hisside sIde of all questions so that his tad ad tadmlmstration administration administration mlmstration ministration appears in the best bestlight bestlight bestlightPresident , lIght lIghtPresident President Roose\ Roose Rooset Roosevelt Rooseelt \ elt was a past pastmaster pastmaster pastmaster master at the art He seldom re refused refused refused fused to answer a question for that thatjust thatjust thatjust just meant no ne\\ ne news nes \ s He preferred preferredto to femt feint and dodge in a manner mannerthat mannerthat mannerthat that produced some kind kmd of an an anser answer answer s\\er s er swer \ \ which would suit h s 5 ends endsPres endsPres endsPres Pres dent Truman has chosen to go gointo gointo gointo into a cl nch rather than feint femt orrisk orrisk or orrisk risk a wild wJld haymakerHere's haymaker . . . Here's Heres ' Point Poznt lor for forBetter forBetter Better RoadsLast Roads RoadsLast Last ; ) } ear some 34 677 000 tons of ofmilk ofmilk ofmilk milk were hauledoer hauledo'er hauled o\er o er o'er oer \ ' rural roads roadson roadson roadson on the journey tourney to milk plants and anddealers anddealers anddealers dealers accord ng to a report from fromthe fromthe fromthe the Publ c Roads administration Clt crt Clted crted cited ed by Charles M 1\1 1 \ Upham of ot the theAmerican theAmerican theAmerican American Road Builders BuJlders assocla assocra assocration association associationFigures .lon lon tion ! . .lonFIgures tionFigures Figures show the nation nahon is us usmg usmg using mg 13 billion pounds more of o1 milk milkand milkand milkand and various vanous da ry products at pres a s r fpJ fpJc fpJs fpJt fpJs fpJF fpJr fpJZy t c ) s s F r Zy ' - 4c PresidentTruman 'e\\spaper 'e e spaper " ' ' .ewspaper ewspaper . \ men and radIo casters crowd eagerly about President Truman HI m one of his 100 prcss press conferences - - . - - - - . " was away Sullivan almost disrupt disrupted disrupted ed bi bl partisan parhsan foreign policy by byWrit bywrit bywrit Writ ng to the Republican Repubhcan nat onal onalcommlltee onalcommittee onalcommittee commlltee committee chairman and asking ask1l1g fora fora for forjoint a joint Jomt statement supporting the Truman Tru Truman Truman man plan on Greek aidWhen aidWhen aid aidWhen When somebody asked if i1 Sullivan Sullivanwas Sullivanwas Sulhvanwas was think trunh . of ot ng resigning reslgrung there w v . as asconsldera asconsiderable asconsiderable consldera considerable etyThere ble ga ety There VI were ere a number of other otherquestions otherquestions otherquestions questions which wruch elicited ehclted some ml minor minorstor minorstor or orstor stor es but no screaming scream1l1g headlmes headlines headlinesof ot of appearedafter t tipe type ) pe that almost always appeared after a Roosevelt news conference conferenceWe bachover backover We Wonderedhy wondered \ why \\hy hy Looking Lookmg back over the hundred withMr hundredconferences conferences with Mr Truman hadbeen we agreed they had been pretty good But of o1 late we agreed weagreed it required bit a of o1 di"g dig digg " ng n nto to get the newa news Roosevelt , . usually u u.n -.n .n - ent than . . In prewar years During Durmg the theprewar theprewar theprewar prewar years 19.6 196 19 . 5 to 1940 the aver average average average age iearlj yearly ) earl ) , tonnage of milk go gongover ng ngover ngover over rural roads was 21 287 000 In In1945 1945 101 5 bill on pounds of mIlk milkwere milkwere v . were ere sold Irom from farms rpturnmg returning returning$3 returning3 $3 3 $ 070 380 000 to our farmers a good goodpercentage goodpercentage goodpercentage percentage of their annual cash In Income income income incomeThe come comeThe The highway plays the major malor mdjor role roleIn rolein rolein In the transportat on of ot milk from fromthe fromthe fromthe the farm to the plant or dealer- dealer dealerand dealerand dealer dealerand - and to the customer Upham po ntsout nts ntsout ntsout out Fort Fortj ) } , nine rune of our large cit Clt es esrecel esrecent esreceive recel\ recel recent recele \ e a every drop of o1 milk by high highway highway highway way as do 54 000commun 000 commun t es that thatdepend thatdepend thaidepend depend upon the high vay tor for their theirentJre theirentire theirentire entJre entire food supply Almost 90 per percent percent pelcent cent of the nation nahon s milk supply IStransported istransported is transported truck Tank trucks trucks ha\e ha e hate \ been used lIsed nthe In Inthe ] n nthe the east tor for many years 3 , ears for milk milktransportahon milktransportation milltransportation transportahon transportation and a 11 trend toward towardthis towardthis towanthis this type of haulage is growing growmg In Inthe inthe iithe the West SVest Such haulage el mmates minates minateth mmatestho minatesth tho th- th thuse > - use of milk cans and is qUIcker qUIckerand quickerand quicke.and quickeand . and more economical economicalIn In all foods Upham comment commented commented commented ed in playing up the need for good gooiroads goodroads roads flgurin figurein transportation transportatJon costs figure in the consumer s b bill l Cond t on , 01of onof ono1 of o1 the roadover road over which wruch milk Is 1- 1 - Ishauled hauled . . , _ _ _ _ , _ _ . " .u u i.u u Is i io - Ic is s - _ .r r an u i o . i- i - - - _ u . uuyu " " " laClor 111 transportat 90milk on costs A study of o1 90 milk milkcollect collect on routes in m Ma ne neshowed neshoed sho\\ed sho ed showed \ that the routes averaged 52 52miles 52m m miles es with two fifths of the mileage mileagebeing mileagebemg bemg being unimproved Traveling by bitruck truck trucko'er o\er o er o'er oer \ ' the mud roads was 1m im impossible 1mPossible Possible part ot of the year It was \ wa as ; asestimated wasestimated estimated thesroutes theseroutes that if It roads on these thes < routes thiaverage theaverage were ent cont eat rely improved the average cost ol of collect on would be . b.reduced breduced bereduced reduced two cents hundredweight per hundred weight of at milkand milk and cream Cash sav say CasIsayngs Cashsav Cashsay th80 ngs in collect on costs for the , 90 routes would total $8 8 $ 800 yearly h |